The Syrian army has announced another three-day extension of a nationwide ceasefire which was initially declared to mark Eid al-Fitr

The Syrian army has announced another three-day extension of a nationwide ceasefire which was initially declared to mark Eid al-Fitr.

Syria’s general command announced on Monday that the truce will be extended for 72 hours and that it will be applied in all Syrian territories as of 00.01 July 12 until 23.59 July 14th, according to SANA.

On Wednesday, the General Command of the Syrian Army announced in a statement that a truce would come into force as of 1 p.m. local time (1000 GMT) and will be in effect until July 8 midnight, for the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

The ceasefire was also once extended on Saturday.

Earlier, foreign-backed Takfiri militants shelled several neighborhoods in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, killing at least eight people and injuring some 80 others.

According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, over 300 artillery shells were used in the attack.